{"product_id":"indignation-9780307388919","title":"Indignation","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Pastoral \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a \"mesmerizing [novel that] demands to be read in one sitting. It's that good\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e). A young man begins his sophomore year far from home on the conservative campus of Ohio's Winesburg College, where he must navigate the customs and constrictions of another America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1951, the second year of the Korean War, a studious, law-abiding, and intense youngster from Newark, New Jersey, Marcus Messner, begins his sophomore year on the pastoral, conservative campus of Ohio's Winesburg College. And why is he there and not at a local college in Newark where he originally enrolled? Because his father, the sturdy, hardworking neighborhood butcher, seems to have gone mad--mad with fear and apprehension of the dangers of adult life, the dangers of the world, the dangers he sees in every corner for his beloved boy. Far from Newark, Marcus has to find his way in this other American world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndignation, \u003c\/i\u003e Philip Roth's twenty-ninth book, is a startling departure from the haunted narratives of old age and experience in Roth's recent books and a powerful exploration of a remarkable moment in American history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307388919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.26w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/18\/2009 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Philip Roth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43103746883765,"sku":"9780307388919","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9518769c-e4ec-4119-803f-9f3d8cf0b888.jpg?v=1693279207","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/indignation-9780307388919","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}